Riverwoods, IL is a small suburban village located in Lake County. It is known for its peaceful and tranquil atmosphere and its lush natural surroundings. As of 2018, the village had a population of 3,686. Its politics are largely influenced by local candidates who seek to make Riverwoods a better place for those living there. These local candidates have worked hard to ensure that the people of Riverwoods have access to quality education, public safety, and other necessary services. They focus on creating policies that will help promote economic growth and job creation within the village as well as protecting the environment. The current mayor of Riverwoods is David Sommers, who has been in office since 2013. He has championed initiatives such as reducing carbon emissions from village vehicles and providing tax incentives to encourage businesses to move into the area. Additionally, he has worked with the community to create an environmentally-friendly plan for development of parks and green spaces throughout Riverwoods. Other local candidates have also worked hard to ensure that their constituents’ voices are heard and their concerns are addressed in policy decisions made by local government officials.
The political climate in Riverwoods, IL is somewhat liberal.
Lake County, IL is strongly liberal. In Lake County, IL 60.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 36.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lake county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 60.8% to 36.8%.
Lake county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Riverwoods, IL is somewhat liberal.
Lake County, Illinois is strongly liberal.
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin Metro Area is very liberal.
Illinois is moderately liberal.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Riverwoods, Illinois: r r D d D D
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Riverwoods, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 17,004 contributions totaling $4,935,802 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $290 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,307 contributions totaling $1,253,879 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $544 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)